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What’s also quite irritating about Camgoo is the way in which you are supposed to navigate the menu screens. Like Eyetoy, this involves waving over ‘yes’ and ‘no’ buttons, in a furiously swift manner. That was a bit annoying with Sony’s game and it’s even more so here. Invariably it meant us furiously shaking our fists in front of the screen, and then tutting loudly before resigning and wandering back to use the keyboard in order to select the desired options manually.
In fact, hemmed in by the PC set-up (and feeling slightly lethargic after the initial fury of the first few test runs), we found Camgoo was best enjoyed sitting directly in front of your monitor. And to avoid the big-face syndrome that would normally display, we simply chose to realign the camera to point at a single fist. Playing Keepie Uppie using only mild thumb-flicking, although less physically-beneficial that the full work-out it wants you to do, is pretty good fun; and is as decent a way as any to wile away a few minutes sat at your desk.
A bit of monkey business! ho! ho!
We can also imagine Camgoo coming into its own when the Christmas office party season kicks off in earnest. This is exactly the kind of wacky, zany, ker-razily festive activity that will be embraced by the populist David Brent school of management. Here at SPOnG we’d be happy with cheap lager and Pro Evolution 4, but elsewhere, when Cinzano is splashing into plastic cups and the Marks & Spencer sandwich platters have done the rounds, you just know the mischievous fellow with the South Park tie is going to suggest firing this one up, shortly before he trips over his own feet and accidentally photocopies his own balding head.
And in the myopic eyes of such folk, Camgoo probably seems like the best thing since Excel Professional Edition. In terms of value, it’s certainly quite fair. It comes bundled with a decent little webcam, and if you were in the market for one of these, you could do a whole lot worse than shelling out a bit extra for Camgoo; even if it is only for the novelty value. But for anyone with a PS2, as we may have mentioned already, Eyetoy Play is a better option. And so is Eyetoy Play 2, we’d imagine.
